Wind blows the hardest the closer you get to the mountain top.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
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[to Ben] You never needed that man. You never needed that paper. You only ever needed a story. Go tell it.
[Fisk has broken into Ben's apartment]
People seek the truth no matter where they find it.
That may have been the case when you and I were young. This world around us is preoccupied with celebrity weddings and videos of cats. But complicated issues, issues that matter? They take too much focus. They take too much time away from texting and the thousand channels on the satellite dish.
Guess I have more faith in humanity.
Ah. So did Christ, if I recall. I'll go. Just one more thing: Were you alone when you spoke to my mother?
[realizing] Your guy at the Bulletin?
Yes, I received a call that was upsetting. Were you alone?
Yeah. I was alone.
Wesley, was that you?
Wesley?
Yes, I didn't think so. You're a man of principle, of conviction. I understand that, I even admire it. But you went after my mother. That's not something that I can forgive.
I wrote a lot of stories in my years pushing ink. You know how many times people have threatened me get me to keep my mouth shut?
[seething with rage] But this is my mother that you brought into this, Mr. Urich. My mother! So I am not here to threaten you. I'm here to KILL you! [Fisk stands up and grabs Urich by the neck. Urich struggles. Fisk throws him to the ground and chokes him to death with his bare hands]
[at Ben's funeral]
How you holding up?
Like a good Catholic boy.
That bad, huh?
I've spent my entire life hiding assets overseas for pricks like you. My son and I will be just another transaction, disappearing into the tax-exempt ether. But I'm the fair sort. That's why I'm only taking half your money. You go your way, I go mine. Not what I'd call "win-win", but it's as close as we're gonna get with this. So. We on the same page?
I, uh... No. I don't think we are!
I thought "Nelson and Murdock" were over...
There's nothing I want more than to find a way back to where we were, but... I don't know if we can.
No, we can't. But maybe we can find a way to move forward, Foggy.
I was thinking about a story from the Bible.
FGFBI Guard 1
Did I tell you to open your mouth?
FGFBI Guard 2
Let 'im talk. Don't mean nothin'.
I'm not a religious man, but I've read bits and pieces over the years. Curiosity more than faith. But this one story… There was a man, he was traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho when he was set upon by men of ill intent. They stripped the traveler of his clothes, they beat him, and they left him bleeding in the dirt. And a priest happened by, saw the traveler, but he moved to the other side of the road and continued on. And a Levite, a religious functionary, he came to the place, saw the dying traveler, but he, too, moved to the other side of the road, passed him by. But then came a man from Samaria, a Samaritan, a good man. He saw the traveler bleeding in the road and he stopped to aid him without thinking of the circumstance or the difficulty it might bring him. The Samaritan tended to the traveler's wounds, applying oil and wine, and he carried him to an inn, gave him all the money he had for the owner to take care of the traveler, as the Samaritan, he continued on his journey. He did this simply because the traveler was his neighbor. He loved his city and all the people in it. I always thought that I was the Samaritan in that story. It's funny, isn't it? How even the best of men can be deceived by their true nature.
F1FBI Agent 1
What the hell does that mean?
It means that I'm not the Samaritan, that I'm not the priest or the Levite…that I am the ill intent who set upon the traveler on a road that he should not have been on!
SBSgt. Brett Mahoney
The way things are going around here, I'm thinking about taking an early pension. Move my mom somewhere warm.
Be a shame. The only cop on the force we know for sure is honest.
MMahoney
Never see Serpico? Honest cops are usually the ones get shot in the face.
I wanted to make this city... something better than it is. Something beautiful. YOU TOOK THAT AWAY FROM ME! YOU TOOK EVERYTHING! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!
Take your shot.
[as he thrashes Daredevil] This city doesn't deserve a better tomorrow! It deserves to drown in its filth! It deserves people like my father! People like you!
[suddenly blocking his attack] This is my city! My family!
[defeated; laughs at Daredevil] You really think... this will change anything? You think one man in a silly little costume will make a difference…? [Daredevil knocks him down]
You ever wake up in the morning... from the second you get out of bed, it's like... every molecule in your body hurts?
No, never.
I'm in agony, dude.
What, did you go back to the gym?
Hell, no! Do I look capable of making healthy life choices? I went out, Matthew. Went out dancing.
I'm choosing not to believe that.
And yet, it's true.
You know what my problem is?
Well, it ain't the moves.
You know I got the moves. That's the tragedy of you being blind, you've never seen me dance.
Yeah, but I can cite the legends I heard in law school.
Well, uh, Mr. Marino's dog was viciously beaten by his neighbor after the dog, um... defiled the neighbor's statue of Saint Francis.
"Defiled"?
Um... humped repeatedly until completion.
That's a dog I want to defend.
You can't drink the water here. Josie's pipes have issues.
Rust, mold.
I think I can actually see the bacteria floating in there.
Oh, ew, ew.
See, that... that's why we, uh, keep our cocktails neat.
Pretend you're abroad. On vacation someplace exotic, but no mojitos. Josie just throws mint in the beer.
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